The agency also plans for the spacecraft to attach a target marker to the asteroid in an effort to gain a greater understanding of such bodies.
  • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
    181·
    11 months ago

    In other news: …there’s an asteroid set to collide with earth?!?

    • BluesF@feddit.ukEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      No, the title is poorly worded. They are testing a technology that could redirect an asteroid, there isn’t one that is currently a concern.

      • Transporter_Room_3@startrek.websiteEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        A better title would be “Japan to test technology to destroy potential asteroids…” but that takes more space and is less attention-grabbing

      • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Oh that’s too bad. I was getting excited about the idea that an asteroid would take us out.

        Guess I’m going back to work then….